If you bought a flash memory item from any of these eBay sellers: feenchteetz – switchblade0 – economybuy – grevo26maxx – lezamalala – jarredondoaua you are advised to test item(s) immediately for advertised capacity. Read: H2testw 1.4 – Gold Standard In Detecting USB Counterfeit Drives . You may have purchased a fake flash memory product.
If your memory item fails testing report immediately to SOSFakeFlash . If your eBay seller is deregistered from eBay, it is urgent you report in to SOSFakeFlash. If you do not, they will not be able to investigate and to record in their database to publish an official alert listing all items sold. eBay is suspending fake flash memory sellers to avoid buyers leaving feedback or recording the truth.
Never use any flash memory item without testing for capacity. If you purchased a fake you could lose your files and data. Read: Why Is Fake Flash Memory So Dangerous?
Please see Validation Memory links for brand names and flash nand memory chip decoding. Reminder, Gb is Gigabits, not Gigabytes. 8 bits is 1 byte. You must divide by 8, if manufacturer lists size as Gb. Exercise care in disassembly of your item to decode.
If you need help and information on eBay read:
Check your eBay Sellers feedback, type in the id: http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs
feenchteetz – United States
USB Flash Thumb Drive 256 GB Kingston SAME DAY + FAST SHIPPING
switchblade0 – United States
256GB Kingston DataTraveler 310 Flash Drive
economybuy – United States – No Returns
BRAND NEW 256GB USB FLASH DRIVE
grevo26maxx – United States
Kingston Datatraveler 310 – 256 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive
lezamalala – United States – No Returns
256 gb kingston data traveler 310 usb flash drive
jarredondoaua – United States – No Returns
Kingston DataTraveler 310 DT310/256GB USB Flash Drive
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